Poultry house



Aug. 1'3, 1935. J JUCKR 2,011,539

POULTRY HoUs E Filed May s, 1931 2 sheets-sheet 1 Aug. 13, 1935. 1 JUCKER 2,011,539

POULTRY HOUSE Filed May 8, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 y Aiz @Lf/fel' Patented Aug. i3, 1935 2,011,539 l POULTRY HoUsE John Jucker,'Chicago, Ill., assigner of one-half to Norman C. Mather, Chicago, Ill.,

Application May 8, 1931, Serial No. 535,846

Claims.

This invention relates to a poultry house cf Y novel" and compact construction.l

One object'of my invention is to provide a poultry house with greater licor area and housing capacity than existing types of poultry houses Without increasingthe exterior Wall surface. This effects not only a saving in cost of construction but also economy of operation and convenn ience and general eiliciency.A y

A further object is to provide an improved arrangement of Windows which will permit the beneficial rays of the sun t'o enter the house to a greater degree and' for a longer period each day than possible in existing types of. poultry houses.

This arrangement also provides protection against the -intense heat ofthe midLday sung l A further object is to provid-e an improved arrangement of roosting rods 'and nests, Which eliminates the possibility` of dangerous drafts and injurious variations of temperature. This ar'- rangement also includes means for readily cleaning the dropping-boardsfand nests Withoutenly on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, with a section broken 'away to show the arrangement of the nests.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view looking toward a side Wall and one front Wall. I

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the novel arrangement of yardsand runways in conjunction with the house.

In the example here illustrated, this poultry house comprises. apiioorA 3 in the shape of a pentagon, five vertical walls 4a, 413,40, 4d, and 4e, a sloping roof 5, extending from the top of each Wall to an apex 6, a flat ceiling 1, apartition 8, forming the storeroorn 9, and a partition lll, dividing the main portion of the `houseinto two' compartments or poultry rooms,"|l and 1.27

In its preferable embodiment the'shapeof the house in floor plan is a pentagon adapted from a true or equilaterall hexagon by elimination cfa triangular area; andthe lstructure is supported v by joists i3 Which are'raised above the ground level by beams lll; supported by the pilings 15.

(Cl. 11g- 21) This provide's'an air space lli between the floor and the ground for ventilation.

"The front Walls lic and 4d and the forward portions ofthe side Walls 4b, and 4e are lightpervious. For example they may be provided with a plurality of windows l1. The partition Wall l0 UNiTsD ASTATES PATENT- OFFICEl J is preferably light-pervious, also, being either glazed or consisting `of* chicken Wire. By orienting a building, so constructed, with the vertex IB of the frontwall structure lc and 4d facing in a southerly direction (referring to the` northern hemisphere), it is possible to obtain considerably longer periods of sunlight than when the front Wall is fiat.r An abundance of sunlight is desir,- able for the ,health ofthe poultry.

preferto leave a portion of the front Walls ad'- jacent tothe vertex llunglazed. Furthermore, a building oi the'shape described has considerably less exterior wall surface than a rectangular structure inclosing the same area. The preferred form of pentagonal structure shown requires about forty percent less exteriorv Wall surface for inclosing thev poultry rooms than a rectangular house of the same cross sectional area. This saving in Wall surface effects an appreciable veconomy in vcost of `construction and in yheating and also tends to centralise theentire i system. d The abovelprinciple yis adopted fromA the geo--` metric law that a given exteriorywallwspace Will v' embrace the greatest area possible when arranged in the form of a circle. Consequently `in a polyg' onal structure having a nxed'amount of Wall space, the'area inclosed thereby Will increase with the numberof sides. Thereforarwhile I havechosen a pentagonal structure to best illustratemy poul-i try house, the invention is not restricted to a ve sided structure. Should it be desirable to have a larger yroom or additional laying, brooding, or roosting'rooms, the principle of 'constructionrof the present invention'and the features thereof may easily be appliedto a structure of hexagonal congur'ation or even to al polygonal structure having a greater number of sides.r

The ceiling 'l is preferably insulated with suit- A* against-heat and cold.

d y k `1li f To provide an area Which isshaded from the f mid-day sun during certain parts of the year,4 Iv

The Ventilating features of my house are best described Withreference to Fig. l. I have provided for the discharge of stale and foul air I ythrough hollow ducts 2| which extend through the I,ceiling 'I and into the house at a point near theloor. The air is carriedupward through the lducts 2| and is discharged into the attic space 20 ing from outside the structure througlrthe--fibor.`

land upward within the structure to a point near the ceiling.k

.The use of these ducts 2Iand- -23 insuresfrindierect ventilation, free from all direct blasts of air from the outside and strong drafts. These ventilatorsof course canbemade'adjustable. ,Y

Referring to Fig. 2, 24 isa door leading fromthe outside to thestoreroom 9 formed by theangular partition 8, 25-and 26 are'doors 'leadingfroml the storeroorn 9` into the two laying and roasting rooms l I and I2 formed by the partition ID, The partition l need not necessarily be solid and in the preferred form Vof my invention'vconsi'sts of hotfhouse sashorchicken wire. By the useof suchmaterial bothrooms l-have the benefit of the sunlight frornsunrise tosunset.` I prefer this division of lthe house into two main roomsfor the segregationof different types or breedsY o'f poultry, and to 'facilitate feeding and watering, fal

though the partition l0 is not indispensableand may beV removed toform one large room.

4-5; thus centrally locating the heating element 1t is vpossible to heat the house without the .necessity The storeroom Sis 'used for storing feed', ,nest materials and other supplies and implements'. In heating the house a suitable stove `2'1.m'ay be located in the forwardv central' portion ,of this storeroom equippedv with suitable pipes .leading into the laying and 'roosfting vrooms l `I and 112; VBy

ofins'talling anexten'sive piping system. ,Y

4The rocs't`s`28 and the droppiiig-boards Aare located'in the'ro'ostin'g rooms I l 'and `l2 to the angular .partition .8. As will be sn Jthe 1 tance 'from any exterior ',wali, thus reducing'th'e possibility' df Ibeing affected by 'variations in 'out-` side "temperature, Aisoihere is less ,errance jo'f loss of heat y radiated from the poultry Jthrough ythevvva'lls.' 'The 'angular Shape of the 'back Wall of thefro'o's't's, partition '8' also tends to'dissipate any ycurrents of air, thereby yfurther n'iirirniZing the danger of .drafts through spaces occupied by the poultry.v p U.

y 'The nests `30'are located Ybeneath the droppingboards-`29fand are not only protected fromk down` ward. drafts 'bythe dropping-boards but are also insulated from exterior walls and protectedu by the angularshape of the back wall 8. *A

The `nests 30 'and thedropping-'boards Z9 @are accessible from 'the vstoreroom A9 by `means'pf ythe hingeddoorsor sliding .panels 3L 'Through this expedient the nests and dropping-boards rmaybe cleaned or the ^`eggscollected directly :from the storeroom -9 Without the vnecessity of 'tljieejite ndl ant walking around into the rlaying roasting rooms,l This is not only Va saving -of steps and time for the attendant but, as is wellknown vby 'the rear wall of the structure..y

fected with germs andA parasites.` To eliminatek this undesirable situation poultrymen have, when possible, provided alternate yards or runs. Thus while one yard isbeing used by the poultry the other maybe plowed up, leveled oi, treated with disinfectant and even seeded to furnish tender vsproutsand greens for the/(poultry. The cus-l ternary procedure, if space is` available, has been to provide a supplemental yard of the usual rectangul'ar construction, located either onzthe ,other side of the house or elsewhere. The novel Shape of my house readily adapts itself to'an arrangement of alternate yards of approximately equal areas ywith the use of a comparatively small amount of fencing material, `each of which-yards is readily accessible from the house. l ;v

This arrangementis effected by extending fence wire partitions B-B,` C-C and D*DL as in-l dicated (Fig. 4) from the corner of thejhouse D to the corner D' of thel main fence; from corner C of the house to point C ofthe fence; and .from

corner B of the'house to corner B' yof the tence, Each side of the house (except side 4a) is equipped with an exit 32,.Figs. 2 and3, provideclf-witha door of known constructionwhich can be opened or closed. i

Although I refer to my invention `as a poultry house and have confined my description in most instances to poultry I claim many of the features ofthe shape and general arrangement #of my disclosure as adaptable for other allied uses suchzas for the raisingof rabbits, guinea pigs, Vand 4other animals. I l

Furthermore I do not wish to restrict the invention to structures of five sides or more, inasmuch yaslseveral of thev featuresof the invention may be used in` a rectangular structure for example.

Realizing the possibility of these 4:and `other changes obvious tothose skilled in thefartrlidef sire tor be understood as intending to cover by patent all modicationspof `the disclosedstruc--` Y tures within the scope of theapp'ended claims.y

l I claim: l y

1. /A poultry h'ouse havingfa light pervious front each other, an angular Vpartition substantially parallel with lthe front-wallproviding a storeroom in the rear part of the structure, chicken nests arranged along the central portion rof ,the angular partition facing the front wal1,rand a door between the storeroom, and the rest of the structure, said. door being positioned in -one end of said angular partition substantially `adjacent wall comprising `two Wall sections at an angle to` 2. A poultry house having a rear wall, alightV perviousrfrontl Wall comprising twoV wallsections at an'angleto each other, light `pervious vside walls, an angular ,partition providing a stor'eroomV in the rear part of theV structure, the lfront and "s'ide portions ofjsaid angular partition being substantiallyparallel to the frontand side walls, respecf` tively, Voi .the .poultry house, `a door providing an n entrance to said storeroom directly from outside of the poultry house and a door between the storeroom and the rest of the poultry house, said latter door being positioned substantially adjacent a rear corner of the poultry house. f

3. A poultry" house having a rear wall, a light pervious front wall comprising two wall sections at angles to each other, light pervious side walls, an angular parti-tion substantially parallel with the front wall providing a storeroom in the rear part of the structure, a light pervious partition between the vertices in the iront wall and the y angular partition providingr poultry rooms, and a door between said storeroom and each of said poultry rooms, each of said doors facing a side wall of the structure.

4. A poultry house having a light pervious front wall which projects substantially further forward at its central portion than at its ends, an inner partition connecting at its ends to the rear wall of the house and projecting intermediately toward the front wall to form a poultry room in the front of the house and a storeroomin the rear of ythe house, roosts and nests in said poultry room adjacent said inner partition, means giving access tothe nests from the storeroom, a door between the storeroom and the outside of the poultrylhouse and a door between the storeroom and the poultry room.

5. A poultry house with a partition extending y inwardly from the rear wallfthereof to form a the partition and remote from the outside walls of the structure, said partition having openings adjacent saidroosts and dropping boards to provide access thereto from said storeroom, closures for said openings and a doorin said partition to permit passage from the storeroom to the poultry 2 

